Being resilient

There are 51 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Being resilient
Reflecting Squarely
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Reflecting Squarely

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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In how many ways can you fit all three pieces together to make shapes with line symmetry?
Got It
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Got It

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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A game for two people, or play online. Given a target number, say 23, and a range of numbers to choose from, say 1-4, players take it in turns to add to the running total to hit their target.
Frogs
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Frogs

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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How many moves does it take to swap over some red and blue frogs? Do you have a method?
Triangles to Tetrahedra
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Triangles to Tetrahedra

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Imagine you have an unlimited number of four types of triangle. How many different tetrahedra can you make?
Factor Lines
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Factor Lines

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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Arrange the four number cards on the grid, according to the rules, to make a diagonal, vertical or horizontal line.
Shopping Basket
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Shopping Basket

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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The items in the shopping basket add and multiply to give the same amount. What could their prices be?
Reach 100
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Reach 100

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Choose four different digits from 1-9 and put one in each box so that the resulting four two-digit numbers add to a total of 100.
How many Times?
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How many Times?

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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On a digital 24 hour clock, at certain times, all the digits are consecutive. How many times like this are there between midnight and 7 a.m.?
In a box
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In a box

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Chris and Jo put two red and four blue ribbons in a box. They each pick a ribbon from the box without looking. Jo wins if the two ribbons are the same colour. Is the game fair?
American Billions
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American Billions

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Play the divisibility game to create numbers in which the first two digits make a number divisible by 2, the first three digits make a number divisible by 3...